Month: November 2013

I found a beat-up copy of Watership Down on my mother's bookshelf. I was in the 7th grade and especially interested in reading what my mother read. A few weeks after finishing the book, I read it again. And before 7th grade was over, I read it a third time. The next summer I tried …

Special Agent Dale Cooper & what happened to Laura Palmer? have been viewed by me more times than the number of cups of ‘a damned fine cup of coffee’ & pieces of ‘cherry pie’ Agent Cooper has consumed.

And like Twin Peaks, LAKE BELLE is as quirky a place to visit, with all its eccentricities to keep you enthralled. The reader is continually surprised at just what happens next. “The Blue Jar” is a “Twin Peaks” in words.

I feel David Lynch, the Director, Writer, Creator of Twins Peaks would find it a very creative book…

Fran Lebowitz said the audience is important to the culture. I hadn't thought of an audience this way. I mean, yes, I've read a thousand times, "Know your audience." That rule I've failed to follow. Who is my audience? My demographic? I know more who it isn't more than I know who it is. But …

One thing I want to do is make hand made books. I've got no market for handmade books and one book takes a ton of time, so they aren't practical. But they're fun, and I'll probably make more. Years ago, I started a story about two rabbits, Ink and Mirabelle. This weekend, I finished one …

My friend and amazing author, Ami McKay, interviewed me and did a nice write-up of my novel, The Blue Jar. She included a favorite photo of mine--us with Santa Claus and I'm wearing my "Who Killed Laura Palmer?" tee-shirt. If you can, go over there, read, and comment. Maybe share. I've known Ami since we …